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" That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. "

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" No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. "

" Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. "

" We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. "

" You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. "

" I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? "

" When we build, let us think that we build for ever. "

" Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. "

" The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "

" No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. "

" There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. "

" Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. "

" All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. "

" A book worth reading is worth buying. "

" It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. "

" The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. "

" The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. "

" Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor. "

" Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. "

" No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. "

" Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. "

" Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. "

" When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. "

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" Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. "

" The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. "

" Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. "

" Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. "

" Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. "

" The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. "